The Pentagon said it has launched airstrikes exploding 10 boats belong to the Islamic State “ISIS” on the banks of the Tigris river in Iraq, reported Fox Nation website.
The pentagon said that ISIS fighters are on the run at the western part of Mosul city.
"It is a great to not be a member of the ISIL Navy," Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said on Monday.
The Pentagon says U.S. airstrikes have taken out 143 of the boats that the Islamic State uses to move from one side of the city to the other now that all five bridges that cross the Tigris have been destroyed.
"Our message to ISIL is this: 'We will not allow you to get away to the other side of the river, and set up shop there,' " Davis said.
Keywords: ISIS , Iraq , Pentagon , US
Hyperlink: ISIS , Pentagon , Mosul
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